FRENCH RIVIERA
If there is one spot in the world where bikini history has been made, it's the French Riviera. And the person who brought the buzz with no fuzz to the beaches was Bridgette Bardot.
In the early 50's she brought the bikini to the beaches of st tropez when she starred in Roger Vadim's film "AND GOD CREATED WOMAN" (1956). Only 10 years after World War 2, Bardot stole hearts around the world by soaking up rays in her Vichy suit. In her teeny bikini Bardot was the image of a simple young woman, strides apart from Christian Dior's new look, so popular at the time.
Naturally provocative and constantly eyed by the media, Bardot took it a step further when she sunbathed on the terrace of St Tropez's Hotel Byblos. She was quickly imitated by thousands of other beach bums who made going topless the new symbol of woman's freedom. The beachs of St Tropez and especially the legendary Club55, inextricably linked to the movie she starred in, were the first places to host the new fashion. And so begun the myth of the small French port town and its free spirit. It was the start of the immigration of swingers captivated by tanning topless girls on vacation, each wearing only half a bikini.
What's your view on topless tanning? Is it acceptable? Is it a summer ritual?
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